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Writing Skills Topic Four: Process Signal Words

1. “General” indication of “process”
(1.1)process/course/continuum
(1.2)develop/development; evolve/evolution; progress/progress

2. Introduction of “time”
During + a period of time
= from A to/till/until B
= between A and B
(duration = span)

3. Indication of “step”
-step/stage/level/phrase

4. Indication of “number”
(a) the order number:
First
Second
Then/later/next
Finally
(b) one; another; and the other.
(c) combination of (a) and (b), Ex:
First
Second
One
Then
Another
And the other
(d) different points (or different stages) in time:
In 1960’s
In 1980’s
In 1990’s
Recently
(e) different actions (or different stages):
-chronological order: different events
-process order: one single event having different actions